Mr Patton’s main area of research interest is in the application of machine vision image-processing applications in Ophthalmology, particularly in the field of retinal vascular image analysis, which is the field of his MD thesis. Other areas of interest are research methodology, including the areas of validity and the statistical analysis of reliability. His google scholar indices indicate the tremendous contribution his research has added to the field of retinal and ophthalmic science (h-index 28, i-index 57 and 4239 citations, as of August 2024)